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brink··on An image of the Australian desert illuminates satellite pollution
Even more unpopular opinion: it's highly debatable that internet access increases the quality of life for most people.
brink··on Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline
I hope AoE2 lives as long as Chess does. It really is one of the "perfect" games.
brink··on Despite Ukraine war, Europe imported even more Russian gas last year
> That's a pretty cynical take

Okay, so is Trump playing the tarrif game to bring manufacturing back home, or is cynicism and bad faith only okay when it's about US conservatives? Because the hypocrisy is on full display here.

I'm fine with being fair to the EU and giving them the benefit of the doubt, but only if we're fair to everyone.

brink··on Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died
If you're wishing hell on other people, you don't understand hell.
brink··on The Barnacle Goose Myth
If they tasted like ocean, they probably weren't that fresh.
brink··on RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI
I'll yuck whatever yum I please. I'm not here for your approval. I did 10 years of Ruby. I have some authority on the matter.
brink··on RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI
You're confusing beautiful with simple. There's a lot of complexity and magic that's hidden behind the curtains of that "beautiful" syntax. Great for scripts and small programs, and an absolute nightmare on large projects. It's too simple.
brink··on What made the Irish famine so deadly
Well it's easy to assume, so it's best to clarify.
brink··on What made the Irish famine so deadly
Sure, but I wouldn't naively believe that it's just the British that are/were like this.
brink··on Poland says it may need alternative to Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine
And what - you're saying they should have? Like we should now? We should all just go to war all the time whenever someone calls for it?
brink··on Poland says it may need alternative to Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine
If we want to fight it out, we'll fight it out. But we wouldn't call Europe crazy for not wanting to funnel their own money into it. Be real.
brink··on Poland says it may need alternative to Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine
We're tired of funneling people and money into this meat grinder. We want peace, we see a potential peace deal, and you don't want to stop until Russia is "defeated", and we're just saying good luck with that. We don't have the war-lust that you do, and for that, we're "crazy"?
brink··on NCSC, GCHQ, UK Gov't expunge advice to "use Apple encryption"
If ya ain't doin' nuffin' illegal, ya got nuffin' to 'ide, mate.
brink··on The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed"
This is well known and established as fact. Go look it up.
brink··on A Letter to the American People
Worry about your own country, this is our republic. Most of us voted for exactly this, not the hyper-intellectual multi-national HN crowd. Yes it's ugly, but we knew it would be going in. There is no pretty way to go about the reform we're after.

We'll decide for ourselves whether we're under attack or not. I voted for this admin, and while not perfect, I think it's much better than what we had.

brink··on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky
Looks like we'll have to find out who's right.
brink··on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky
That's not on the table. Putin will never do that, were tired of Europe and Ukraine pretending like it is.
brink··on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky
What is the alternative you're proposing here? Russia has nukes. Your hubris will lead you to despair and either endless war or at least one nuclear bomb taking out a city. I'm not trying to be "american", I'm trying to be rational.
brink··on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky
Trump made the right move. I've had enough of the wars and proxy wars. Peace is on the table, they should have taken it. So glad I don't live in the UK right now.
brink··on AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards
To be fair, I have an nvidia card, I had problems a year ago, but it's gotten a lot better in the past year.
brink··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
That's not true at all. A certain amount of self-doubt is incredibly healthy for anyone.
brink··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
I think we could all use a little more self-doubt here.
brink··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
And what are you - king manman?
brink··on The need for memory safety standards
It's literally not 5x the cost, it would take me 3 minutes to whip up a tokio example. I've done both. I like C# too, I totally understand why you like it so much. This is not a C# vs Rust argument for me. All I'm saying is that Rust is a productive language.
brink··on The need for memory safety standards
What you're asking for is thread parking. Use tokio for that, it's still trivial.
brink··on The need for memory safety standards
use std::{ sync::{ Arc, atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering}, }, time::Duration, };

fn main() { let num = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)); let finished = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));

    for _ in 0..10 {
        std::thread::spawn({
            let num = num.clone();
            let finished = finished.clone();
            move || {
                while !finished.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
                    num.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
    finished.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
}
brink··on The need for memory safety standards
> higher developer productivity

Where have you been the past 5 years? Rust developers are insanely productive.

Can we put this myth to rest already? Rust being an "unproductive language" is thoroughly dis-proven.

brink··on The man who spent forty-two years at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool (1993)
That's lovely
brink··on Disclosure of personal information to DOGE “is irreparable harm,” judge rules
fwiw, I flag nearly every time because of the latter reason. Almost universal cheap, knee-jerk, low-effort comments in every thread I've seen.
brink··on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
We're working on it.
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